Val Kilmer’s ‘I’m Your Huckleberry’ offers a scatterbrained journey into his idiosyncratic head space

For Hollywood fanatics, Kilmer drops plenty of names and behind-the-scenes tidbits. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2020-04-25 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Comedian Baines signs with Knights Of for space adventure

Knights Of has acquired Harriet!, a book about a girl who finds out her hearing aid can help her understand aliens from across the universe, by comedian Samantha Baines. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple's long-awaited streaming TV service to offer Oprah, Amazing Stories

Oprah Winfrey brings documentaries and Book Club, Steven Spielberg brings thrills and chills to Apple TV Plus. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2019-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bodley Head praises 'rich time' for non-fiction

Five Bodley Head authors discussed their upcoming books at a dinner in London’s Balthazar, with publishing director Stuart Williams praising the “rich time” for non-fiction books. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Head of Zeus strikes audiobook soundtrack deal with Booktrack

Head of Zeus has announced its second audiobook deal in a week, this time a series of soundtracked titles with Booktrack. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bodley Head triumphs in seven-way auction for Operation Information

The Bodley Head has snapped up Operation Information, revealing the full history of Britain’s covert propaganda operations overseas and within the UK from the 1940s to the present, in a seven-way auction.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Guest of Honor Norway Heads for Frankfurt via London on Wave of Success

'We look forward to going to the London Book Fair this year,' says NORLA director Margit Walsø, who reports record levels of translation funding for Frankfurt Guest of Honor Norway's titles. The post Guest of Honor Norway Heads for Frankfurt via London on Wave of Success appeared first on... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookouture promotes Taussig to head new US-focused team

Bookouture has promoted Kathryn Taussig to publishing director with responsibility for recruiting and leading a new US-focused team. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Raymond Briggs's final book, which faces death 'head-on', due this year

Collection of short pieces, which has been in the works for more than a decade, takes stock of The Snowman author’s lifeRaymond Briggs is one of the UK’s most beloved children’s authors, the creator of characters from The Snowman to Fungus the Bogeyman. But in his forthcoming book Time for... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Selby made head of books at W H Smith as Scholes and Bradley leave retailer

Pete Selby will join W H Smith taking up the newly-created role of head of books as Sue Scholes and Sandra Bradley leave the retailer.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Head of Zeus lands Meehan's novel on Oscar and Constance Wilde

Head of Zeus has landed Andrew Meehan’s second novel, a “unique and moving take” on Oscar Wilde's relationship with his wife Constance. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Journalist, 12, faces off with police offer who threatened to arrest her

Hilde Lysiak filmed the encounter with an Arizona marshal, demanding to know what crime she was being accused ofIt sounds like something from children’s fiction: a 12-year-old intrepid journalist who fights off threats from the mob and local police to self-publish the truth about her local area... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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GalleyMatch Offers A New Dating Service for Publishers and Book Clubs

Authors Judy Gelman and Vicki Levy Krupp have launched GalleyMatch, a matchmaking program that gets galleys into the hands of book clubs directly from publishers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ritherdon leaves Head of Zeus to join former c.e.o. at Boldwood

Sarah Ritherdon, Head of Zeus (HoZ) editorial director at digital imprint Aria, is leaving the publisher to join HoZ’s former c.e.o Amanda Ridout’s new company. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Strand offers compromise to avoid landmark status

Strand Book Store’s owner made one last attempt to fend off the city’s request to designate the building as a landmark by instead offering to place a preservation easement on the storefront. A... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2019-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookExpo, ABA Offer BEX Travel Grants to Indie Booksellers

BookExpo and the American Booksellers Association have partnered on a program offering indie booksellers financial support to attend the annual book industry trade show. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kidd succeeds Borthwick as head of Arvon

Creative writing charity Arvon has appointed Andrew Kidd as its new chief executive and artistic director. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indonesia LBF Market Focus offers £5k cultural grants

The National Organising Committee for Indonesia as Market Focus Country at the 2019 London Book Fair is offering grants of up to £5,000 to organisations in the UK for the purpose of staging activities or events that increase public knowledge of Indonesia via the creative sector. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Green Tapped to Head Book Unit at Abrams Artists

Longtime literary agent Simon Green has been tapped to head the book and publishing division of Abrams Artists Agency. Green was, until last Spring, an agent at CAA. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Val McDermid | 'My relationship with the landscape has always been very strong'

Val McDermid has turned to non-fiction to chronicle the role her native country and its landscapes have played in her crime fiction backlist to date.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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9 sports books that offer something for every fan

Whether an exhaustive new profile of Babe Ruth, the reflections of basketball great Bob Cousy, or a retrospective of the heyday of women’s bike racing, there’s plenty to choose from in this grab bag of books. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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